Mortality and its influencing factors during anti-tuberculosis treatment in pulmonary tuberculosis patients in Hunan Province.

The tuberculosis case fatality rate during anti-tuberculosis treatment among pulmonary tuberculosis patients in Hunan Province is 0.24%. Patients with pulmonary tuberculosis who are older, male, farmers, HIV-positive, undergoing retreatment, have positive bacteriological test results, receive medication management by healthcare workers, or have coexisting urinary tract tuberculosis are at higher risk of death during treatment.